OTOH, Mallory just rotated his pacifier in his mouth, like an airplane propellor, using only his tongue. That's going to make him popular someday.

Wow. ALL the Buffista girlbabies will be fighting over him in 17 years or so.

Oh, God. And now I need to go and scrub out the inside of my head. Thanks for that, Raq.

oh, P-C. Family stuff is so hard, regardless of cultural background. I hope you are able to come to some clarity to what appropriate boundaries are for you and your family. It always seems easier to go woth the flow, but setting healthy boundaries, though difficult, works out better in the long run, for all. You'll figure it out. I have faith.

{{askye}} Losing stuff SUCKS so much. argh.

I think we are going to try to fit a trip to IKEA in before the graduation party today!

OTOH, Mallory just rotated his pacifier in his mouth, like an airplane propellor, using only his tongue. That's going to make him popular someday.

I love Buffistas.

OTOH, Mallory just rotated his pacifier in his mouth, like an airplane propellor, using only his tongue. That's going to make him popular someday.

Ahahahahahaha!!!

My theory on this "success rate" is that the stigma for divorce is even higher in cultures with arranged marriages

I imagine the expecations are different as well. So many divorces seem based on "we're different people, we just don't love each other anymore" and in an arranged marriage that second one is just not a factor.

one point this book made is that people, if left to their own devices, tend to pick partners that match their expectations of what a love relationship is, and often those are fucked-up expectations. Like, "people I love always criticize me" or "people I love always hit me" or similar.

That is VERY interesting.

Wow. ALL the Buffista girlbabies will be fighting over him in 17 years or so.

Sure, but ita has swords and stuff.

I have piles of work yet to do, but how can I be expected to work when Woman of the Year is on TCM?

It has the hook I can never, ever resist: smart, snarky guy falls for smart, witty dame *because* of her smarts.

Plus, he woos her with a baseball game -- there's no way I could ever resist that.

I don't think you can reasonably be expected to resist, Teppy.

Personally, I am doing something useful by finally installing my LaCie hard drive AND using it to back up everything. The fact that I am also rewatching Scooby road and Hustle instead of cleaning is irrelevant.

OTOH, Mallory just rotated his pacifier in his mouth, like an airplane propellor, using only his tongue. That's going to make him popular someday.

Ha! So freakin' cute.

I'm currently inconsolable. Christopher tried to cut Owen's hair while I slept in this morning and it looks like Owen did it himself. At my horrified look, C said, "I thought it looked pretty good." This from the man who has complained about the look of all three of the professional haircuts I've gotten for the boy.

The bangs are WAAAAAAAY too short---AND UNEVEN. And there is a bald patch on one side. One side is extremely shorter than the other. The back looks OK, I guess. But I have to take this kid out in public like this!

The bangs are WAAAAAAAY too short---AND UNEVEN. And there is a bald patch on one side. One side is extremely shorter than the other. The back looks OK, I guess. But I have to take this kid out in public like this!

Cashmere, an actual barber did something similar to Ben, once. The bangs were at an incline and way too short. You could always take him for a whiffle this week. It'll grow out pretty fast.

OTOH, Mallory just rotated his pacifier in his mouth, like an airplane propellor, using only his tongue. That's going to make him popular someday.

My little cousin used to do this; it was adorable. We used to put in his pacifier upside down just to make him turn it around.

Poor, Owen. Quick-growing~ma for his hair.

I just got back from breakfast with thessaly and Victor. It was much fun, and then I went exploring some of the roads in my neighborhood. I found where they are hiding the fast food!